Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 35946, Jacob Flanders, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
100
Handers, Jacob
S. 35946 B.L. Mt. 2030-100
CONTENTS

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35 946 INVALID.
Dec 28 th 90 Mil sent Mr Burba Pension
Rev
File No. 35-946
Jacob Sanders P. O. Box 100
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2, Page 469
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Jacob Flanders N. 2030.

State of Kentucky Hardin County 3 Aug
I Jacob Henders aged seventy five years do upon oath testify and declare that I entered the service of the United States on the day of _____ in the year 1775 for the term of the war and that I served in the company com- manded by Capt Nathaniel Hutchinson in the Regiment No 1 Commanded by Col Joseph Shelby of the New Hampshire line and was honorably discharged in the month of May or June in the year 1783 from the Regiment Commanded by Col Joseph Shelby. I further declare that
I have never received a warrant for the Bounty Land promised to me on the part of the United States nor have I ever assigned or transferred my claim in any manner. Wherefore I know all men by these presents that I Jacob Henders afore said do hereby constitute and appoint the Honorable Benjamin Thomas Chilton & Benjamin Hardin or either of them to be my true and lawfull attorneys for me and in my name

to demand and receive from the Secretary of War of the United States a warrant for the quantity of Lands due to me as aforesaid and also to demand and receive from the proper accounting officer of the treasury Department at Washington the eighty Dollars bounty promised by the Resolution of Congress of May 15 1778 to the Soldiers of the Continental Army that continued to the end of the war and my said Attorneys or either of them is hereby fully authorized and empowered to constitute and appoint one or more substitutes or attorneys under them for the special purposes above expressed Attest Jacob Flenden
State of Kentucky Hardin County } ss This day April 24 1834 personally appeared Jacob Flenden before me John Morris one of the Justices of the peace for the said County and subscribed his name before me and acknowledged the power of attorney thereto subjoined to be

his free act and deed for the purpose therein mentioned given from under my hand the date & year above mentioned
John Morris J.P.H.C.
State of Kentucky Hardin County set
I Samuel Haycraft Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Morris Esquire whose signature appears to the above Certificate is a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly Commissioned and qualified and that to all his official acts as such Justice of the peace credit is and ought to be given
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County at my office in Elizabeth Town this 24 th day of April 1834
Sam d Haycraft Clerk Hardin County Court

Notification such January 8. 1821 to Hon. B. Hardin, H of Reps, United States
16705 D  Kentucky
Jacob Sanders of Hardin Co in the state of Kentucky who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Gilley of the New Camp line, for the term of 1777 war
Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 30 of June 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 28 of Apr 1822 and sent to Hon. B. Hardin H of Reps
  Arrears to 4th of March 1820  161.29    Semi-annual acct ending 21 Sept 1820  48    20 mo 1/30 4/31     8     160     1.3     26     161.29     X 2 09:29
{ Revolutionary claim, { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued

Jacob Flanders
16.785.
April 20
Sept 20

State of Kentucky
Ward in Circuit Ct June Term 1870
Ordered that the following schedule be admitted to record having been first sworn to in open court. Schedule
District of Kentucky & Circuit of Ward in B On this day of June 1870 personally appeared in open court being a knight of record in said district and county of  of Henry aged sixty years resident in Henry county in said District who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows. Served under Lieutenant William Hutchins sometime in 1778 in company Nathanial Hutchins company the first newhampshire regiment volunteers commanded by Colonel Joseph Kelly I served in said regiment for during the war which about seven years and four months And I do solemnly swear that I am a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof in such manner thereby to disqualify or to be disqualified within the provisions of an act of congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service

of the United States in the revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me other than now have Penny income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed I have no property except one cow at all I have a wife named Anne aged fifty two also one son named Elsha aged thirteen my occupation a mill right and I am very unhealthy & unable to pursue my trade my wife is in bad health my son has good health Jacob Flanagan
The Court is of opinion that the cow mentioned in the foregoing schedule is of the value of $16
State of Kentucky Hardin Circuit Court J. Samuel Maycraft Clerk of the Circuit Court for the Circuit aforesaid do hereby certify that the fore- going oath and schedule thereto annexed are true copies from the record of the said Court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of the Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the foregoing

schedule is sixteen Dollars
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th day of June 1820 in the 29 th year of the common wealth
Sam l Hays Clerk by John D. Melin D r

O.W.& N.Div. P.S.
835-946
en DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
WASHINGTON, D. C., December 28th, 1893.
Sir:-
In response to your request for the military history, during the Revolutionary War, of Jacob Flanders you will please find given below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
He entered the service in the month of April, 1776, and served until the close of the war as a private in Capt. Nathaniel Hutchins' Company, Col. Gilloy's N. H. Regiment. He states that he took part in the battles of Flat Bush, Monmouth, Trenton & Princeton and was present at the taking of Burgoyne and at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. His application for pension was dated June 30th, 1813, at which time he was a resident of Hardin Co., Kentucky and 58 years of age.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Geo. F. Burba.,
Clerk East Div., Pen. Bureau.
Burba's land added

Copy of Jacob Flanders Russian certificate
12 March 1834

War Department - Revolutionary Claims -
I certify that, in conformity with the law of the United States of the 18 th March 1818 Jacob Flanders late Private in the Army of the Revolution is inscribed on the Pension list, Roll of the War Department Agency, at the rate of Eight Dollars per month to commence on the Thirtieth day of June one thousand eight hundred and eighteen
Given at the War office of the United States this 28 th day of April one thousand eight hundred and twenty
J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War,
A true copy from the original J. H. Wintermuth
March 12. 1834

William Lloyd Jones J.C.
Admiral Mark

To the Hon. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of Department of War of the United States
I Alfred Metcalf circuit judge in & for the fifth Judicial District of Kentucky & sole Judge of the Hardin Circuit Court in said District do hereby certify, that this day Jacob Flanders came before me & declared under oath that he is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Hardin County aforesaid, that he enlisted as a soldier in the army of the revolution, for eight months in April 1776, and a short time before the eight months expired, he re-enlisted to serve during the war, and served as such in Capt. Nathl. Hutchinson's com- pany, in the first Regiment of the New Hamp- shire line on continental establishment, com- manded by Col. Joseph Hovey, until the end of the war, when he was regularly discharged, but his discharge is lost by time or accident; that he was in the battles of Flat- bush, Monmouth, Trenton, Princeton and at the captures of Burgoyne & Cornwallis; that he is about eighty years of age, that his con- stitution is so much impaired that he can- not labour for a living, that he never has received any pension under the laws of the United States, and that from his reduced circumstances he needs the assistance of his country for support
John Green also made oath before me that he lives a neighbor to said Flanders and is well acquainted with him and his circumstances, that said Flanders is

unable to labour for a support and that he has not property sufficient to support himself comfortably without labour.
I do further certify that from the appear- ance of said Flanders & the testimony afore- said I believe that said Flanders needs the assistance of his country for support. Given under my hand this 30 th day of June 1818
Alfred Metcalf
Kentucky Ward Circuit Set
I Samuel Hays Clerk of the Ward Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky do hereby certify that Alfred Metcalf Esquire whose Signature appears to the above and foregoing affidavit was at the time of signing the same and still is one of the Commissioners of the Circuit Court in the State of Kentucky; and as such duly commissioned and qualified as required by law and that due faith and credit is and ought to be given to his official acts as such as well in Courts of Justice as elsewhere.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Circuit at my Office in Elizabeth Town on the 4 th day of July 1818 in the 27 th year of the Common Wealth.
Samuel Hays Clerk

I Alfred Metcalf, Circuit Judge in and for the fifth Judicial district of Kentucky and sole Judge of the Hardin Circuit Court in said district, do certify that the foregoing attestation of Samuel Hayscraft Junior who is clerk of said Court is in due form and entitled to full faith & credit, Given under my hand this 7 th day of September 1818
Alfred Metcalf

Div. Ex'r. No. Co. _____ Reg't _____
Department of the Interior. BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
Washington, D.C., Dec. 21, 1893.
Address your reply to the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS with return of this letter.
Sir:
In consistent with the grace of your Division, will you please furnish me with whatever data may be on file relative to military service of one Jacob Flanders , a soldier of the Revolutionary War. He was born in England; enlisted when about 17 years of age, and was a pensioner until his death about 1835. At the time of his death he was a resident of Kentucky.
Yours respectfully, Geo. F. Burba, Clerk East. Div.
Chief of the Old World Navy Div.